Secret.li App Scrambles Facebook Pics You Don't Want Strangers to See

My friends and I are addicted to Snapchat. For those who are unfamiliar, the iPhone app allows you to send your friends a picture that can only be viewed for 3 to 10 seconds before it’s deleted from your phone. It’s a way to share photos that we’d rather not create a permanent record of.

The new app Secret.li takes the concept of self-destructing photos and applies it to social network Facebook. Pictures posted to the social network by the program are automatically deleted after a period of time you set, and only people with your permission (and the Secret.li app) can view them.

See, the app posts all your pictures publicly, but scrambles them using a “safety filter” as if they were part of an old-school X-rated cable channel. The app has a slider to let you choose just how scrambled you want your picture to appear to those without the app. You can also choose to completely hide your shot inside a virtual envelope.

For Secret.li to work, you’ll need to get all your friends to download the app as well – or at least the ones you want to be able to see your self-destructing pictures. Of course, you could just adjust your Facebook privacy settings to determine who can see your photos on the site. But where's the undercover spy flair in that?